Florida · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $118,383 to it, the largest being FLORIDA ALLIANCE FOR ASSISTIVE SERVICES & TECHNOLOGY INC ($70,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $118k
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Center for Independent Living of South Florida Inc does
Mission
Dedicated to empowering persons with disabilities of all ages to reach their highest level of achievement and to advocate for systems change that results in access, choice, equality, inclusion, and independence for all people with disabilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation of the organization is based on the five core services of: individual and systems advocacy, peer support, independent living skills training, information and referral, and transitions: community and youth. Around the core foundation we have built a full range of independent living support services that promote the organizations mission to accomplish both individual and systems change by creating an environment where opportunities exist for individuals with disabilities to maximize their individual and group potential. We accomplish this by recruiting and training individuals with disabilities to serve on boards, committees, alliances, and coalitions to influence disability policy.
$984,107 spent69% of program spendingThe adult transition program assists adults with disabilities enrolled at miami dade county public schools (mdcps) vocational education centers to achieve their educational goals, learn self-advocacy skills, and transition to employment. The three md cps vocational education centers are lindsey hopkins technical college, miami lakes educational center, and robert morgan educational center and technical college. Students referred by the florida division of vocational rehabilitation (dvr), teachers, school counselors, and other professionals for remediation of basic skills deficiency will be offered tutoring to increase their reading, language arts and math scores, improve academic standing, passaged exam, and pass any required licensure exam. Pre and post-tests will measure outcomes of students who receive tutoring. Participants will receive self-advocacy skills training to enhance their independent living skills and potential for economic self-sufficiency. Participants will also receive advocacy and support to access community resources to address any obstacles to completion of their vocational education program.
$173,043 spent12% of program spendingThe Center for Independent Living of South Florida Inc. (cilsf) will provide access to services for the deaf, hard of hearing and deaf-blind constituents of miami-dade. The deaf services program aims to provide 77 deaf adults with disabilities help to obtain benefits and services including: social security, food stamps, utility assistance, child custody, citizenship, drivers education, asl instruction, housing, day care; and other il services. Information and referrals will be provided to 75 individuals, who will receive american sign language (asl) or tactile sign language for people who are deaf-blind. Two (2) consumer education workshops will be held annually. Program performance will be assessed through the independent living plan or a waiver to track achievements of goals.
$177,925 spent13% of program spendingOther programs include fee for service and faast.
$87,251 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,422,326.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $4.7M to $3.9M (−18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 92% · 2018 88% · 2019 85% · 2020 87% · 2021 93% · 2022 93% · 2023 76% · 2024 84% · 2025 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $18k → $10k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 56% · 2019 55% · 2020 100% · 2021 59% · 2022 50% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC is better cushioned than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Center for Independent Living Of · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC?
- CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $118,383 to it, the largest being FLORIDA ALLIANCE FOR ASSISTIVE SERVICES & TECHNOLOGY INC ($70,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $118,383 in grants to CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC?
- FLORIDA ALLIANCE FOR ASSISTIVE SERVICES & TECHNOLOGY INC is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing